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Forgetting the contents of the article..... I take my hat off to the kid. FOC advert in a national paper....fantastic PR job. Young business of the year award from EBAY. All he needed was a website and would of generated some traffic straight way. Weather he has made £50K or 50P is not the issue IMO. He has done something on his own and kicked on with it ,nothing illegal and nothing to upset anyone. Hope you read this and weather you sell coins or decide to do something else on your own i wish you all the best.

Crikey, imagine the state the country would be in of everyone started believing the Daily Mail. Oh wait...

Hi Loose54, I've heard it said that one picture is worth a thousand words, and when it comes to coin die varieties, no truer words have ever been spoken. To see the subtle differences between Freeman obverses 15, 16 , and 19, have a look at the photos of the Nicholson collection on the Colin Cooke website: Go to: colincooke.com Select: "Other", "Collections", "Dr. Basil Nicholson Collection of Halfpennies", "Part 5" Then: Items 455 & 457 = Freeman 340 & 342 = Obverse 15 Item 459 = Freeman 344 = Obverse 16 Items 460, 461, & 462 = Freeman 347 & 351 = Obverse 19 Let me know how this solution works for you. I can provide high resolution photos of those Obverse dies, if necessary.

Yes you often see these plates on antique fairs at a pound or two each - they cost £10-£15 when new . The royal mint in the seventies produced many special issues of coins as an investment , they turned out anything but, of course you are talking a different time but in general see the words "investment piece" and run for the hills , For many years I have just bought what I liked and will carry on that way

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Victoria-bunhead-penny-dated-1671/263426088724?hash=item3d556b1f14:g:9UoAAOSwp7taU6Be Never realised Victoria was on the throne for so long !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The bleep coin effect, there are way to many ones twos and fives i think most people would agree but not two pound coins, they are light on the ground eveyone keeps saving them or selling them on ebay.